Guard, O my soul, against pomp and glory. And if you cannot curb your ambitions, at least pursue them hesitantly, cautiously. And… — C.P. Cavafy Copy Share Image
There never was yet a people who must not have somebody or something to represent the dignity of the state, the majesty… — John Adams Copy Share Image
There are, indeed, two forms of discontent: one laborious, the other indolent and complaining. We respect the man of laborious desire, but… — John Ruskin Copy Share Image
I used to think that the causes of war were predominantly economic. I came to think that they were more psychological. I… — B. H. Liddell Hart Copy Share Image
My ambition is to figure out how to help people create their own health and how to turn that into a profitable… — Esther Dyson Copy Share Image
You know, I think when I reflect on it, I think there's certainly a sense of history. When you have ambitions to… — Marcus Allen Copy Share Image
“I believe at least in one of the chief tenets of the Christian faith--contentment with a lowly place. I am a doctor… — Agatha Christie Copy Share Image
Our country, customs, laws, our ambitions, and our notions of fit and fair-all these we never made; we found them ready-made; we… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
There are very specific demands, though, in television, and you notice the budget constrictions. It's the time constraint and a purse constraint… — Benedict Cumberbatch Copy Share Image
I met, not long ago, a young man who aspired to become a novelist. Knowing that I was in the profession, he… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
I always stayed in tune with my own ambitions and attitudes and I'm still my intractable old self, for better or worse. — LeRoy Neiman Copy Share Image
The heart is the most powerful tool that direct and control the well being of a person. It has what it takes… — Sessah-Odai Sadick Copy Share Image
All people dream, but no equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their mind, wake in the morning… — DH Lawrence Copy Share Image
I don't like guys who are conventional. I'm an achiever; he has to be an achiever. I admire drive, I admire ambition.… — Priyanka Chopra Copy Share Image
“Ambitions tend to remain undisturbed for those who have strong will power” — Narayanan Palani Copy Share Image
Greek myths are heroic, noble and tragic; but the American Dream is heroic, comical, and uplifting. Americans are a people in whom… — John C. Wright Copy Share Image
It is plain there is not in nature a point of stability to be found; everything either ascends or declines; when wars… — Walter Raleigh Copy Share Image
There's a negative connotation to ambitious women, and I think that we should be able to be proud of being ambitious and… — Tory Burch Copy Share Image
For a mother the project of raising a boy is the most fulfilling project she can hope for. She can watch him,… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
It was the only ambition I ever had - not to be a dancer or Hollywood movie star, but to be a… — Doris Day Copy Share Image
